Ridgefield PD Participate in National Drug Take Back Day

RIDGEFIELD, CT --- The Ridgefield Police, In partnership with Bissell Pharmacy and the Ridgefield Prevention Council, will be hosting a Prescription Drug Take Back Day event on Saturday, April 28. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., potentially dangerous, unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications will be collected at Bissell Pharmacy located at 23 Governor Street. People wishing to dispose of medications will not have to exit their vehicles. This service is free and completely anonymous.

All medications that are collected as part of this initiative are brought to an incineration facility for destruction by officers of the Ridgefield Police Department.

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was created by the DEA to address the abuse of prescription drugs. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet. 2018 marks the

At the last DEA-sponsored Take Back Day in October, 5,814 pounds of drugs were collected at 52 sites managed by 53 law enforcement organizations in Connecticut. Around 456 tons of medications were collected nationwide.